I will take the candy, but no costume please~

Have you ever met a 2 1/2 year old that HATES costumes? Well, Holden Brown is the first one for me! I have been trying to prepare that child for weeks to get his costume on in preparation for the big candy fest... to no avail! He absolutely HATES costumes. Does he think he will BECOME the character? Is there no turning back, if he puts on the Batman costume, he may have to be Batman Forever. I even tried to get him to simply put on an apron from Home Depot's monthly Saturday kids craft time. Does he believe that we will put him to work at the Depot if he puts on the apron? He would not even wear a HAT!

I tried to get him to carry his Bible around and I was going to put a sign on him proclaiming he was a "Holy Terror"! Second thoughts got the best of me when I thought about making light of him and his bible he so sweetly carries with him all over the place.

Trunk or Treat came and went and he was simply Holden, 2 1/2 year old. I thought for sure when Trick or Treat came around he saw all of the kids dressed up that he would be sure to don one of the 20 something plus costumes in the "costume trunk" - nuh uh!

So, he went around the neighborhood, as himself. The candy concept was a new thing for him too. If you know anything about Holden, he is a candy freak and a sneak. He LOVES candy. So when he realized he could walk up to a door (just like he was) and they would willingly fill a bag with candy... he was determined to hit every house in the neighborhood! ...and we did!

This week, I went into Walmart and with the release of Toy Story 3, they had some PJ's that looked like Woody costumes for $5! $5! They could have had purple dinosaurs on them and $5 would be a great bargain, but they didn't... they looked like a Woody costume. I put in them in the cart and Holden promptly threw them out and started to cry, "I DON"T WANT THAT!"

I guess we can get rid of the boys' costume trunk! Oy!